Posted on 01/07/2025 9:10:06 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the former leader of the French National Front party, presidential candidate, member of the European Parliament, and patriarch of the Le Pen political family dynasty, has died at the age of 96.
A figure who loomed large over French politics over the past five decades, Mr Le Pen was hailed Tuesday by his supporters as a fearless “patriot” and derided by his detractors as a fascist and an antisemite.
The Brittany-born politician served as the president of the National Front from 1972 to 2011 and honorary president of the party from 2011 to 2015 when he was ousted by his daughter and current leader of the rebranded National Rally, Marine Le Pen.
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He was a trail blazer especially for his daughter !
Now look she could be their next president
I had also expected Marine LePen to become president of France and she still might but it always seems like every election Marine enters, she loses. America has it’s own share of highly qualified and worthy candidates who, fair or unfair, just don’t win elective office.
May his Memory be Eternal!
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